Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
4 LIVE STOCK CENTER.

The constantly growing Importance OF
flying to all who have noted the influence
of this industry on all towns and cities
where it has centered itself. Verify, is
its touch that of Midas, and Chicago,
Kansas City and Pittsburg are shining ex-
amples of what the live stock traffic on a
large scale does for great cities. In
smaller degree is the work done for towns
and villages, and Fort Worth may well
congratulate itself that here is
this immense trade of the south
west concentrating itself. And in
this concentration of the great traffic in
this city there is a hint to our people,
which it were most unWise to pass I'M
needed. We should not wait upon the
tedious gathering of this trade within our
gates, but hasten 1t. 1t will gather here
slowly and to limited extent, but about
US are active rivals who appreciate the
value of the live stock traffic, and who
are awake to their own interests; Fort
Worth should take such action as will
not only speed the concentration here of
the trade but .fr 1t here permanently,
despite all future efforts to dislodge it.
Chicago owes much to the live
stock trade; Kansas City owes much to
the live stock trade; Fort Worth owes
much to the live stock trade, and
it was when depression befell the
great industry in 1884 that disaster
came 20 Fort Worth, and stopped this
city in a career that, unchecked three
years ago, would have placed it to-day
tar beyond the chance of rivalry. These
things must be plain to the people of
Fort Worth, and they must see the
influence of the great traffic on
every town in the west that enjoys the
favor of the trade in GU estion as we'll as
the marked influence on our own city of
the bouyancy already perceptlble in the
live stock industry.
Fort Worth needs live stock
yards on a big scale. This city
is most fortunately situated geo.
graphically for the location of i'm
mense yards, and, with direct reference
to the live stock supply, no city south of
Kansas City has such railroad facilities.
The Denver, the Pacific and the Rio
Grsnde all penetrate the country known
as the live stock region, and it is because
of this that great roads from the north
and east are anxious to have connec-
ton here. In addition to being the nat
ural entrepot of the live stock region,
Fort Worth has railroads running into sill
those agricultural counties which are now
devoting so much attention to feeding
stock for market, and great live stock
yards here would vastly extend the area
now tributary to this city. There is
no one subject to which the best |
thought of the people could be
given with hope Of greater returns than
this, and THE GAZETTE urges its vital i'm
oortance upon all.
Fort Worth need hope for nothing
without effort. The race is but fairly be-
gun in Texas for municipal pre-eminence.
Ne now have the railroads, and no time
should be lost In experimenting
hese with the other agencies that
re absolutely essential not only to
urther progress but to the maintenance
# what We have already won. II ever
here was need for eternal vigilance and
ndomits BILE resolution that need is now.
We have exasperated and aroused those
tho would neutralize our esorts and
heck our progress. The next achieve-
lent of Fort Worth should be live stock
ards unequaled outside the great cities
lade great in large part by livestock
ards. y